BT.A vs. VOD, AAF, ISAT, ZEG, GAMA, HTWS, TALK, KCOM, MANX, and MAI
Should you be buying BT Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BT Group include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Airtel Africa (AAF), Inmarsat (ISAT), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Gamma Communications (GAMA), Helios Towers (HTWS), TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK), KCOM Group (KCOM), Manx Telecom (MANX), and Maintel (MAI). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
BT Group (LON:BT.A) and Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
BT Group has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BT Group has a net margin of 4.11% compared to Vodafone Group Public's net margin of 3.11%. BT Group's return on equity of 6.33% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.
BT Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. BT Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vodafone Group Public pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 3 more articles in the media than BT Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 2 mentions for BT Group. BT Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of 0.67 indicating that BT Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than BT Group. BT Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vodafone Group Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vodafone Group Public received 896 more outperform votes than BT Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 72.64% of users gave BT Group an outperform vote.
28.4% of BT Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 36.6% of BT Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vodafone Group Public has a consensus target price of GBX 98.40, suggesting a potential upside of 37.16%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than BT Group.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats BT Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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